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Commissioner of Higher Education

Our mission for information technology is to support and manage day-to-day intra-office operations to enable OCHE staff to carry out the Board's primary strategies of access & affordability, workforce & economic development, and efficiency & effectiveness.

Goals

Agency Goals and Objectives

State Strategic Plan Goal Reference: Goals 1, 2, 4

Objectives

  • Migrate MUS.edu website to a content management system (CMS) at Montana State University. The CMS hosts 4 other campus websites.
    State Strategic Plan Objective Reference: Goal 2
  • Enhance reporting capabilities by providing real-time data on enrollments, awarding of degrees & certificates, scholarships, operating budgets, performance funding, etc. utilizing a single, system-wide Tableau Server installation to be used by all campuses. This provides standardized tools and consolidated licensing.
    State Strategic Plan Objective Reference: Goals 1 and 4
  • Develop a single online admissions application to be utilized by all campuses.
    State Strategic Plan Objective Reference: Goal 4
  • Provide online application, lifecycle tracking, loan & repayment tracking, and reporting on participants in Professional Student Exchange Programs. Provide online scholarship applications and scoring.
    State Strategic Plan Objective Reference: Goal 4
  • Implemented one single online benefits enrollment system for all Montana University System employees.
    State Strategic Plan Objective Reference: Goal 4

Information Technology Resources and Capabilities

Number of FTE: 4.0

Provide data warehouse development, maintenance, and analytics for the system, lead multi-campus software implementations, coordinate shared licensing, and support OCHE staff through day-to-day intraoffice IT management.

Projects

Division
Project / Program Purpose and Objectives
State Strategic Plan Goal/Objective Reference
Estimated Start Estimated Delivery
Estimated Cost Comment
HB 10 Request Funding Sources : - Comment:
Annual Costs Upon Completion Comment
Status of the project as of March 31, even numbered years. Indicate % completed and status of funds expended.

Summary of Hardware

I have reviewed all of my agency's systems in Assurance CM and certify that it is accurate: Yes

Total Number of Appliances 10
Total Number of Physical Servers 3
Total Number of Virtualized Servers 10
Total Usable Storage Space 0 GB
Device Type Quantity Estimated Replacement Value Comments
Desktops 34 40,800
Laptops 55 74,250
Mobile devices (tablets, phones, etc.) 17 15,300
Printers 55 27,500
Cameras 2 2,230

Agency Contact Information

Agency Director / Administrator
Clayton Christian
406-449-9124
cchristian@montana.edu
560 N. Park Avenue, Helena, MT 59601
IT Contact (CIO / IT Manager)
John Thunstrom
406-544-3822
JThunstrom@mso.umt.edu
32 Campus Dr, 305 Brantly Hall, Missoula, MT 59812-0004
Information Security Manager
Edwina Morrison
406-449-9150
emorrison@montana.edu
560 N. Park Avenue, Helena, MT 59601